Category: Music Scholarships

Music Aptitude Test: Old Swinford Hospital Boys’ School

Three places will be awarded for musical aptitude at Old Swinford Hospital school each academic year.

Boys wishing to be considered for a place based on musical aptitude are required to sit an aptitude assessment test. The test has four component parts: pitch, melody, texture and rhythm. It is a test which requires them to listen to music, to write about what they hear and reply, for example, clap out a rhythm or sing back a series of notes.

You can prepare for the Music Aptitude Tests by using the following specimen tests that are indicative of the style of test used: http://musicaptitudetest.co.uk/

Parmiter’s School 2017 Entry Music Aptitude Test

Parmiter’s School Secondary Transfer to Year 7 in September 2017

Parents of children currently in Year 5, who might apply for a place in Year 7 for Secondary Transfer in September 2017 under Academic or Music, must register with the South West Herts Consortium.  Registration for the tests will open in May 2016 and will be available via the SW Herts Consortium website:   www.swhertsschools.org.uk. The entrance tests are normally held in September but the dates are not yet available.

You can prepare for the Music Aptitude Tests by using the following specimen tests that are indicative of the style of test used: http://musicaptitudetest.co.uk/

Music Aptitude Tests for Autumn 2017 Secondary School entry

Autumn is the perfect time to get a head start on preparing for next year’s Music Aptitude Tests for secondary school entry in September 2017.

The MAT is a test used by state Secondary Schools to select around 10% of their intake of students on a music scholarship program. We have been successfully preparing our students for entry to many London schools on music scholarship programmes for the last 4 years using our sample test materials that can be purchased online: https://musicaptitudetest.wordpress.com/buy-the-tests/

The Music Aptitude Test (MAT) sample test materials have been created by the SE22 Piano School and music technology experts to help familiarise you with the MAT. The training tests are indicative of the style of MAT used in the UK although we cannot guarantee that your test will be exactly the same.

Some of the schools that have used the Music Aptitude Test in recent years include: